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Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (21 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 587. To ask the Minister for Health the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the figure granted by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51181/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (21 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the figure provided by his Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under his respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the figure granted by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51180/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Budget 2024 (21 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: 615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the figure provided by her Department to maintain existing levels of service in 2024, under her respective remits ahead of Budget 2024; the figure granted by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51184/23]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 7: In page 15, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “Report on third rate of income tax 10.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, produce a report on the potential for the introduction of a 43 per cent income tax rate on all individuals with incomes in excess of €100,000, with appropriate uplifts for married...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I note the Minister did not answer my question. I asked him to explain to us the rationale for giving tax breaks to, for example, people in this House. Does he think it is fair and why did he do that? I am still waiting to hear his answer to that question. The Minister talks about the SWITCH model, which looked at the impact of the budget across the board in various measures within it....

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister has not answered my question yet. I asked why anybody in this House should get money back from the tax system and why there should be cash energy payments. Maybe the Minister will answer that question after my third time asking. Competitiveness is impacted. The top three issues, according to IBEC, are a lack of affordable housing, childcare and healthcare. Those are the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What I am trying to do is to get the Minister to justify why anyone earning over €100,000 should get a benefit from the budget-----

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ------while people earning €20,000 get little or nothing.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Clearly the Minister does not want to answer the question.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: It is up to the Minister to justify his actions and he is clearly refusing to do that.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What about people earning the minimum wage? What is their percentage?

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 8: In page 15, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: Report on tax credit changes 11.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, produce a report which evaluates the impact of introducing a system of refundable tax credits, as one means of improving the living standards of low income workers, and increasing the two main tax credits by...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome this amendment. I tabled questions to the Minister some weeks ago, in the reply to which he indicated there would not be any change at all in this area. I welcome that he has now brought forward this amendment. As he said, it addresses only part of the problem, namely, those situations involving partners in a practice. There are many other situations, however, in which the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: My recollection is that we were told that, in recent years, on two occasions it went into the following year's base.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: There is potential for the Government to ease the pressures next year by taking the decision that the Supplementary Estimate will go into the base. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Does Mr. Gloster have any idea when that decision is likely to be taken, if the Government is minded to put it into the base?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Does anyone else who has experience of this in recent years have an idea?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I accept that is a question for the Government. When Mr. Gloster decided not to continue with the practice of drawing up winter plans, he produced the urgent emergency care plan. It is an impressive plan. It includes key performance indicators, KPIs. Is the HSE reporting on performance? I could not find any performance reports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Róisín Shortall: What is the reason for the delay? The document is from July and it contains information about KPIs and daily and monthly reports, but none of those have been published yet. Is that the case?